Boolean Search Strategies

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Boolean Search Strategies
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Search in cycles

• Think of a wide variety of words you can use in
  your topic search. (Iraq, war, military, torture,
  waterboarding)
• Write them down.
• Use them as single word searches or as
  combination word searches.

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Select the Keywords

• Select precise words British Columia, economy,
  tourism
• Avoid using the common words such as the, of, and

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Boolean Strategies

• Use a keyword economy
• Use a phrase or question tourist sites
• Use capitals for proper nouns Manitoba
• Use lower case letters for all other words

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Boolean Operators

• AND, , includes both words Alberta and
  economy (reduces the number of hits)
• OR includes either word travel or culture and
  Yukon (includes either word, broadens your
  search.)
• NOT, - excludes this word Britain not British
  Columbia
• NEAR good for misspellings
• wildcard, includes close matches psych
  (psychology, psychiatry, psychologist)
• Quotation marks British Columbia and economy
• sitegov siteedu Will only include
  .gov sites or .edu sites